[GIFTED] Dowel Maker And Saddle Square Review From Banggood.

[@elioth.g.w2976]

I can't believe you have found a use for one of those sockets - yes I have one.

[@BischBaschBosch]

🤣 Crazy eh? Many a times I thought to include it in a charity or recycle centre box. Perfect for this though!👍

[@kz.irudimen]

And I can't believe I might have to buy one of those !

[@BischBaschBosch]

@@kz.irudimen 😂

[@jonathanbailey1597]

Thanks

[@BischBaschBosch]

Cheers dude. Could you feel my pain on this one John?😁

[@jonathanbailey1597]

@@BischBaschBosch 😂😂😂😂😂😂 oh yeh!!!!

[@Golgafrinchamdent]

As always... great video review! Finally a legitimate use for that pin socket thingy! And if you were to cut the stock perfect square so that the corners are all snug, it would be perfectly centered every time... no wobble. Another thought would be to duplicate the jig's hole pattern in a piece of plywood and set it 4 or 6 inches back from the jig. (another jig but with no blade) Both could be mounted to a single base for alignment. Probably chamfer the holes to funnel the dowel thru. It would catch _finished_ dowel as it is pushed through, and further eliminate wobble.

[@BischBaschBosch]

Cheers mate. I like the idea of a ply mirror behind it might try that. Yeah, my stock was square but, if less than 19mm square, it's pretty easy to seat the stock off square and get a wobble (like in my last pass😁) with the universal adapter . Still think it's the best thing to hold the stock though.👍

[@dougsaunders8109]

Stu, man with patience…. You turning technique for dowel going down sizes makes perfect sense when considering how this would work on a lathe. Knock the square bits off and work in 👍🏻

[@BischBaschBosch]

I was very close to admitting defeat tbh. Glad I didn't! Yeah, exactly. It's what I have to do turning dowels on the over-router too - knock of the edges, then work in slowly. 👍

[@stevejez]

Thank you for a sensible & practical review

[@BischBaschBosch]

Appreciate that, thank you!

[@MCsCreations]

Oh, sweet! Thanks a bunch for the review! 😃 I'm definitely going to get the dowel maker! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@BischBaschBosch]

Nice one. Follow some of the tips in the vid and it should do you right 👍

[@WoodworkJourney]

I recently chucked my socket multi thing during my move because I’ve never found a use for it, goes to show my wife is wrong when she says I should throw stuff away that I don’t use 😂

[@BischBaschBosch]

😁 Normally I'm a real "if I buy one thing, i have to give up two" kind of guy. Somehow, that stuck around. Finally glad about it!

[@kz.irudimen]

If you really need a 20mm dowel, you could cut/chamfer the corners of your 20.5mm square stock. The issue when going from let's say 14.5mm square to 14mm directly is that the diagonal is much larger than the sides of the square. For a 14.5x14.5mm square, the diagonal is ~20.5mm. That's why you need to start at 18, you're already removing more than 2mm of material in the corners.

[@paulhodgson4790]

I got one of these, the manufacturer escapes me, because I wanted to put in some wedged dowels to attach some legs to a bench. It worked ok, but I see I was trying to be to greedy hogging off the corners! Thanks, learnt something from you again!

[@BischBaschBosch]

Thanks mate. Yeah, it's a shame that because I found you have to progress through 3 holes for finish size, it kind of rules out using the largest 2 holes (18 and 20mm). As these are a good size for furniture fixings such as you mention. You could maybe block plane the corners first, then send through the 20 then 18 for an 18mm dowell? But has its limits. Strips no more than half mm larger than finish size really helps too I found. Hopefully you'll give it another go. I very nearly launched mine!😂

[@paulhodgson4790]

@BischBaschBosch I've used it since for some smaller dowels and it was fine, but I suspect it will be better following your method. Cheers Stu, always a pleasure.

[@berniesr]

Thanks for the reviews I have been wondering about the dowel maker as I have also seen negative comments about them.

[@BischBaschBosch]

Yeah, like I said, having used it I totally get the negative reviews. But ultimately, i came up with a method for creating dowels I'm really happy with. 👍

[@berniesr]

@@BischBaschBosch well I bought one based on your review so thanks for that

[@BischBaschBosch]

@@berniesr Let us know how you get on with it mate👍

[@bradleytuckwell4881]

It’s a hit and miss with Banggood so far I’ve been lucky nice review though thanks mate

[@BischBaschBosch]

Always pays to look at whatever you're thinking of buying from them carefully. But yeah same - bar a couple of exceptions, everything I've bought or been sent by them has been OK. Some bits, like the Hongdui kit has been exceptional!

[@Pete.Ty1]

👍👍👍 Great review's. Thank you

[@BischBaschBosch]

Thank you mate😁

[@manceconomist]

Sorry if I have missed in a previous video, but how do you mark out for locating dowels accurately? Any jig or similar?

[@BischBaschBosch]

As ever, depends what you want to dowel. I just measure and mark on my chairs as they're just fixing covers. If you want to join with dowels, then jigs are really useful. I have a Drillpro Self Centering dowel jig from Banggood. I think I reviewed that in my very first banggood video actually (link below if interested). Very handy! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aanCfqdnadRnaNEsi=KkA5Gg1O0yJ0wAJx

[@MrBigMalT]

This vid is gold dust for me! I’ve dabbled with a similar dowel jig, and didn’t have much luck. But I’d have never thought of taking 13mm sq stock, but first running it through the 16mm hole! I also got a cheapo universal socket on Amazon which arrived today, but it’s garbage. The spring loaded centre pin is plastic, so deformed straight away. Refund from Amazon received 😐

[@BischBaschBosch]

Cheers! Yeah, makes all the difference going through a larger hole first to take off the edges. Lot of generic universal sockets out there. Some great, some rubbish. 🤷‍♂️ You can always just whittle down the end of your strips for the chuck jaws 👍

[@MrBigMalT]

@ thanks yes, I ended up doing a mixture of both and actually got a better result than before. It’s a lot of messing about, but with off the peg dowels, especially in hardwood being so expensive to buy, it makes sense!

[@garvielloken3929]

nooice

[@BischBaschBosch]

As ever, your verbosity is utilitarian yet vociferous in its exactitude. 😁👍

[@garvielloken3929]

@@BischBaschBosch ahaah!